Roberts : Clitocybe sudorificia 



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This derangement of sight was due to the contraction of the 

 pupils. 



Realizing that the trouble was due to mushrooms, a physician 

 was summoned. He arrived shortly before 9:30. Before his 

 arrival we had taken emetics to good effect. He gave additional 

 emetics and bits of mushrooms were among the things 

 brought up. 



I was also, beginning at about nine o'clock, affected with 

 diarrhoea. At about the .same time my muscles began twitching 

 and by nine-thirty I had very little control of my legs and arms. 

 I was, for instance, unable to pick up a glass of water with one 

 hand. There was also a very pronounced flow of saliva and my 

 clothing were soaked with perspiration. There was a scantiness 

 of urine, in fact none was voided between 6 :oo o'clock that even- 

 ing and 9:00 o'clock the next morning, at which time less than 

 two ounces was given off. My pulse was rapid, being about 90, 

 whereas it is usually around 70. Respiration was, I believe, 

 about normal, at least I do not recall having any difficulty in 

 breathing, or being troubled with shortness of breath. 



After the physician was satisfied that the stomach was empty, 

 purgatives were given and atropine was administered subcutane- 

 ously. We were then ordered to bed under heavy covering and 

 with hot water bottles at our feet. Within a short time, I should 

 say half an hour, I had recovered control of my muscles and was 

 experiencing a mental exhilaration. I enjoyed the peculiar ap- 

 pearance of the lights and glistening objects and told the doctor 

 and the nurse that I felt better than I usually did when well. 



At 2 :oo o'clock the next morning I went to sleep, awakening 

 'at 6:00 and again at 9:00. At 9:00 I arose and looked over the 

 morning paper with eyesight apparently normal. My wife com- 

 plained of pain at the top of her head but I felt no pain anywhere. 

 In fact, save for my wife's headache neither of us had felt any 

 pain throughout the whole experience. Both of us were in 

 possession of our mental faculties throughout. 



During the day following I was as usual save for scantiness of 

 urine, scantiness of saliva and lack of sense of taste. Pulse, 

 perspiration, sight, etc., were apparently normal. 



